The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-22
ALREADY A CHESTNUT
THE INTER STATE COMMISSION
Delugsd with More Petitions for a Lst.up
Of Some Of tho Provisions OF the Com.
morce Sharp Practices Of Claim
Attorneys to Obtain Large Fees.

WARRINGTON, D. G., April :1.4Thc
Southern Pacific Railroad Company pre-.
aented petition to the Interstate Com.
merce Commission this morning.
1t sets forth that the corporation Is in
composition in tho matter ol through pas.
aongors and freighta with the Canadian
Pacific Railroad, the Pacific Mail Steam.
ehip Company, clippers and tramp steam.
ers, and tho business while practically OF
tho same character, Is done under dissim.
liar conditions. =
Tho Tranecontinental railroads, in con.
junction with the Southern Pacific Rail.
road have agreed upon two tariffs; one
bhsed upon the assumption that the fourth
section ct the law does apply, and the
other that 1t does not apply, TO business
for which the linea compete. l-'0,I -
Tho petitioners argue ut length that II
they should adhere 10 the Hrst scbednle
the result would be the loss OF the greater
part Of their through business, and that
the effect Of this scheduIe has been to re-
duce the through buainess 90 per cent.
On the other hand, they claim that Il
the rates Tor intermediate local traffic
should be reduced to rates not greater
than those necessary To enable tho
petitioners to DO any considerable part Of
the through businees the earnings Of the
railroad companies would be wholly in.
adequate to pDy expenses.
In Wow OF these facts the Transcontinen.
tai lines, before putting into effect such
tariffs us they doom the law demands, in.
woke the suspension Of the long ano short
haul clause Gnd a9k that they be permit.
ted to charge leaa for "longer than shorter
hauls."
DEPENDING THE PETITION.
MIR. @. Fl. Tweed, OF New York, in sup
port OF tho petition presented by the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, ad.
dressed tho Commission. Iu answer to a
question by Commissioner Cooley he said
that bis road had not prepared achcdule
OF rates lor subm!eaion to the Commission
for the reason that il their prayers were
granted the Canadian Pacific Railroad
would cut charges, 30 that the relief
you'd only be temporary,
General Eastern Agent Hswley, of tile
Southern Pacific Railroad, testified in SUP.
port ol tho petition, that the rates OF the
carriers named nths petition were go low
that they were simply ruinous, and to
meet this competition the Pacific road had
either to meet these low rates or loss all
the business. At present, be said, on &C.
count Of the new law, all freight from the
East to the West was being transported
by the Canadian Pacific road BIZ the clip.
per ships aud the Pacific bail Com
steamers.
Hc was subjected to aearchiny cross.
examination by MIR. E. N. TAFT, OF New
York, representing the clipper lines.
Ex-senator Van Wyck also took hand
in the examination, asking particularly
about freights from Omaha.
ADDITIONAL APPEALS.
Mr.. Britton, representing the Atchison,
Topeka n Santa Fe railroad, presented a
petition sndepoke in favor Of 1t. He took
tho ground that under the law the clipper
vesHe!e has fixed their ratea just low enough
TO aecnre business, bu. that theae rates
were OF 10 advantage TO shippers. After
setting forth the hardship under which
the railroad was placed by the operations
oil the law, Mr.. Biiston closed by asking
that his road be allowed to charge lers icr
II long haul than for short haul.
Ex.Secsetafy Be!kuap, on hctsif OF the
st. Louis x San Francisco Railroad, pre-
sen!ed petition setting forth that il they
were not relieved from the operation Of
the forth section OF the law they could
not compete with Tster routes in carrying
the products OF California,
Col, Geo. Gray, representing the Moth.
efn Pacific Railroad, gave notice TINT ho
would file a petition OF e:nlilar purpor,.
Mr.. Goddard, Assistant General Man.
"Serr ct the Atchisou, Topeka & Santa Fe
rcGd, located sc Topeka, stated that since
tho passage OF tho lnter.Stste Commerce
Law rates hsvo bsen materially advanced
by the clipper aud tramp ytssels doing
ousiness hetwecn California and New
lnFa aud Boston. Having cli9rse of at
freig ght busincss, ho could ntate from per.
sonaI observation that E;nce the paasago Of
the law his road had done absolutely no
tAropgh business from California to the
cast, ss they could not under the law meet
the rate charged by water routes.
IN GnBwer 10 Commissioner Walker,
Mr. Goddard said that at general confer.
eace in Chicago few weeks ago between
I'll 81 the Pacific sailyoed oGieere, through
rates were advanced perhaps three fold,
me io'msr rata on sugar from San Fran
ciseo 10 kanRas City waa sixty cents per
l0o pounds; now it was 81 IS per 100
pounds, which waa III keeping with the
new echedule adopted.
Mr. i, N. TAFT, thcu presented a petition
Of sutton C Co, oi New York, protesting
against stspendinS the fourth section Of
the bill in the intcre8ts OF tho railfuatls as
i Soult destroy tho clipper carrying trade
oi the connlfy neginst which the Trans
continental iines had wayei unrelentiug
wGc.
CLAIM ATTORNEYS. =.